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Whilst every effort has been made to ensure QuizIt is as intuitive and easy to use as possible, there’s a lot going on under the hood to automatically provide you, the Quizzer, the questions you are interested in or at least give you a heads up on the current difficulty of a question you are […]
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Questions in QuizIt automatically provides you with a difficulty rating for questions answered but what about rating questions good or bad instead of difficulty? That can’t be done automatically, at least not yet! Thankfully most mobile app users are accustomed to the thumbs up icon when they ‘like’ something. Not so much a thumbs down […]
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Push notifications are a fantastic way to notify the user of an action in a particular app whilst they are not using it. It’s also a great way to hook them back into the app by teasing them with a snippet of information that intrigues them to clicking on it. QuizIt utilises what’s called Local […]
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There are a few ways to find a question in the app, you can search using any keywords you type much like searching for anything via a website. You can use the QuizMix to be given lots of random questions or you can go to the rated/unrated area and see if there are any questions […]
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A new feature has recently been added to the Plymouth University app. Since introducing the DLE option within the app, we have received feedback regard the number of alerts and the lack of functionality to mass delete. This month we have added this functionality, so now when viewing all your notification, you can click ‘Edit’, […]
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— This post was written by Elizabeth Seymour — It was interesting to see how they bought a whole new gaming perspective to our usual methods of designing and implementing eLearning, and how we learned to compromise our approaches to create a simulation module that involved all the good pedagogical principles of eLearning, with the […]
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— This post was written by Elizabeth Seymour — The PPE project had many different stakeholders in many different locations, and project managing for the development team required us to work in ways completely new to the team. The main people we were working with were based in several different parts of the UK, and […]
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— This post was written by Arunangsu Chatterjee — There has been some success in the control of the outbreak, but with the loss of nearly 500 health workers’ lives, over 7,000 lives in communities and an even greater mortality indirectly through reduction in normal health service provision. Hotspots of infection and new cases are […]
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New design released for Mobile with Plymouth University. The official Plymouth University app allows you to quickly access your timetable, the Digital Learning Environment (DLE), find available PCs in our open access suites plus much much more. Download now for iOS or Android. Alternatively, if you’re a Windows Phone user you can enjoy the same […]
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— This post was written by Arunangsu Chatterjee — UK’s Cambridge Research Institute have developed a mobile game utilising gene microarrays that could actually help researchers find a cure for cancer. “Researchers use gene microarrays to look for regions of our genome that are frequently faulty in different cancers–a sign that they may be responsible for […]
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The Plymouth App, Mobile with Plymouth University, now has the capability for users to search the Plymouth Library. The new Library icon will appear the next time Mobile with Plymouth University is started. This new functionality of Mobile with Plymouth University allows users to view their library record and have access to: Items they have on loan Items they have requested Any […]
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Plymouth University has just released a set of mobile friendly information called Mobile With Plymouth University. Mobile With Plymouth University, allows students, both current and prospective, to access comprehensive information about Plymouth University. Mobile with Plymouth University is available from: iTunes (Apps are available for the iPhone and iPad) Android Market any mobile device with a web browser by going to mobile.plymouth.ac.uk Current […]
Category: Apps
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QuizIt – Question rankings and how they work
Whilst every effort has been made to ensure QuizIt is as intuitive and easy to use as possible, there’s a lot going on under the hood to automatically provide you, the Quizzer, the questions you are interested in or at least give you a heads up on the current difficulty of a question you are […]
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QuizIt – Rating a question good or bad
Questions in QuizIt automatically provides you with a difficulty rating for questions answered but what about rating questions good or bad instead of difficulty? That can’t be done automatically, at least not yet! Thankfully most mobile app users are accustomed to the thumbs up icon when they ‘like’ something. Not so much a thumbs down […]
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QuizIt – Push notifications…sort of.
Push notifications are a fantastic way to notify the user of an action in a particular app whilst they are not using it. It’s also a great way to hook them back into the app by teasing them with a snippet of information that intrigues them to clicking on it. QuizIt utilises what’s called Local […]
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QuizIt – How to find a question and how keywording/tagging works
There are a few ways to find a question in the app, you can search using any keywords you type much like searching for anything via a website. You can use the QuizMix to be given lots of random questions or you can go to the rated/unrated area and see if there are any questions […]
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App update: Delete all notifications
A new feature has recently been added to the Plymouth University app. Since introducing the DLE option within the app, we have received feedback regard the number of alerts and the lack of functionality to mass delete. This month we have added this functionality, so now when viewing all your notification, you can click ‘Edit’, […]
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Gamification of e-BUDDI Ebola PPE training module
— This post was written by Elizabeth Seymour — It was interesting to see how they bought a whole new gaming perspective to our usual methods of designing and implementing eLearning, and how we learned to compromise our approaches to create a simulation module that involved all the good pedagogical principles of eLearning, with the […]
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Developmental challenges of global distributed simulation
— This post was written by Elizabeth Seymour — The PPE project had many different stakeholders in many different locations, and project managing for the development team required us to work in ways completely new to the team. The main people we were working with were based in several different parts of the UK, and […]
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Distributed Simulation for rapid infection control: A pilot for EBOLA
— This post was written by Arunangsu Chatterjee — There has been some success in the control of the outbreak, but with the loss of nearly 500 health workers’ lives, over 7,000 lives in communities and an even greater mortality indirectly through reduction in normal health service provision. Hotspots of infection and new cases are […]
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App update: New design!
New design released for Mobile with Plymouth University. The official Plymouth University app allows you to quickly access your timetable, the Digital Learning Environment (DLE), find available PCs in our open access suites plus much much more. Download now for iOS or Android. Alternatively, if you’re a Windows Phone user you can enjoy the same […]
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Gene microarrays, mobile game and cancer cure
— This post was written by Arunangsu Chatterjee — UK’s Cambridge Research Institute have developed a mobile game utilising gene microarrays that could actually help researchers find a cure for cancer. “Researchers use gene microarrays to look for regions of our genome that are frequently faulty in different cancers–a sign that they may be responsible for […]
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Library search now available
The Plymouth App, Mobile with Plymouth University, now has the capability for users to search the Plymouth Library. The new Library icon will appear the next time Mobile with Plymouth University is started. This new functionality of Mobile with Plymouth University allows users to view their library record and have access to: Items they have on loan Items they have requested Any […]
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Mobile with Plymouth University has arrived!
Plymouth University has just released a set of mobile friendly information called Mobile With Plymouth University. Mobile With Plymouth University, allows students, both current and prospective, to access comprehensive information about Plymouth University. Mobile with Plymouth University is available from: iTunes (Apps are available for the iPhone and iPad) Android Market any mobile device with a web browser by going to mobile.plymouth.ac.uk Current […]